Annual Conference (Papers #5-9), 1983

File — Box: 1, Folder: 7

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the File:

The collection consists of records of the organization, including proceedings and papers, as well as various publications, maps, periodicals, and artifacts relating to the organization and its activities. Most of the publications are circulating and are held with the library's main collection.

Dates

Other: 1983

Extent

From the File: 17 Linear Feet (17 boxes and 2 map case drawers)

Language of Materials

From the File: English

Additional Description

Processing Information

The title of this conference was American History Before Columbus: A Public Information Symposium. This folder contains the agenda of the first of what was intended to be annual conferences, as well as a list of attendees, a few of the papers presented, newspaper clippings, and a copy of the by-laws of the soon-to-be incorporated organization. There is also a report of a trip through various sites in the West taken by Ida Jane Gallaher and Norman Totten on behalf of the Wester Epigraphic Society. This first post-incorporation conference was held in Columbus, Georgia at the Columbus Hilton and the Springer Opera House.